This film causes the viewer to think. In this film, a fledging politician and a promising young contemporary dancer meet, and then are tragically taken away from each other, and the scary part is someone is behind it all. David Norris (Matt Damon) is the politician while Elise (Emily Blunt) is the dancer. They meet cute in a men's room of all places and then David delivers a great speech despite losing the election, and then they don't meet again for another three years. But they were never supposed to meet again. In this world, every action is controlled, because everyone has a path and the path that David and Elise are on, where they will both excel at their careers and change the world (David with his alternative energy plan) but if they end up together, none of that will happen (Elise will end up teaching dance to five year-olds, for example). And for awhile David leaves Elise alone until he decides that he can't live without her. And the constant, non-stop action begin.
The film was pretty good, though I was expecting it to be another Inception and clearly, I was wrong, though it did cause me to think and wonder what would happen if every move I made was controlled by an outside force. Unfortunately, we'll never know, and honestly, that's a good thing. What ultimately saved the film for me was the great performances from Matt Damon and Emily Blunt who I hope will work together again in a film more worthy of their talents. Grade: B-
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